Insole-reinforcing machine.



W.- 11. HOOPBR. "INSOLE RBIN FORGING MACHINE. v APPLICATION FILED JULY10. 1908.

' Patented De0.21,1909.

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W. H. HOOPER. INSOLE REINFOROING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEDJULY 10. 1908. 4

' Patentgd Dec. 21, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oF IoE.

WILLIAM H. accrue, on ynn, mnssaonusnfmaessienon 'ro enemas e. PLANT, orBOSTON, massaqnusnr'rs.

INSOLE-REIN FORCIN G MACHIN E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

Application filed July 10, 1908. Serial N0. 442,911.

tion with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like numeralson the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to machines for applying reinforcing material tothe insoles of boots and shoes, and is more particularly adapted tomachines of the type shown and describedin-my application for patentfiled December 23, 1907, Serial Number 407,639,

' renewed April 14, 1909, Serial N 0. 489,848

although many features thereof, as'will hereinafter appear, are equallyapplicable to of other types.

- The machine of the type referred to comprises, in general, a lowerwork su portin and feeding wheel, an upper feeding an consolidatingwheel between which and the lower feeding wheel the'marginal portion ofthe insole is received for the purpose of con- .so'lidatin orcompressing the same and for feeding t hework, means for imparting to ata relatively said .wheels a in" the reinforcing'materia nto the channeformed by an upwardly and outwardly .turned channellip,

and a knife or cutter for trimming .the ulpstanding edge .of thereinforcing materia substantlally flush with the up er edge of said lip.

' Iachines of this character are usually run high rate of speed and itis therefore desirable that some means be provided to assistthe operatorin guidingthe work past the tucking and cuttin tools during itsrelatively rapid passage t rough the machine, and also that someprovislon be made for supportin the loose edge of the reinforcingmateria in a suitable upright positlon for the action of the cutters, topreventthe same from falling ;backwardly, on the one hand, and sopassing-under the upper feeding wheel, or from falling forwardlfv, onthe other hand, and so passing cute he path of the moving cutter, an

The objects and aims of the resent --inyention :best be understoo =thesimultaneous intermittentfeeding movement, a tuckmlgtool-fortuckfollowing description of one general form or embo lment-thereoftaken 1n connection with the accompanying drawings; it being understood,however, that the illustrated details may be varied by those skilled inthe art, and Within the true field of the invention which is definitelypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one construction in whichmy invention may be embodied :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machinee m pad with '7 m 1m rovements the insole w ic is shown 1 1n pos1t1on inthe machine, being illustrated in section; Fig. 12 is an enlarged frontelepositioning devation of the guiding and vices and associated parts;ig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section, of the tucking and cuttingtools and portions of their res ective carriers; Fi 4 is an end view oft parts shown in ig. 3, viewed from the left thereof; and Fig. 5 is aplan View, partly bnoken away, of the guiding and positioning devices,illustrating the relative positions of said devices and the sole;tuckmgand trimming tools being indicated by dotted lines.

The machine frame 2; the vertically movable -work supporting sl de 3,provided with the lower work supporting and feeding wheel 5, mounted onthe shaft 4, intermittently rotated by suitable connections 12, 14, 16with the driving feeding and consolldating wheel 21, connected bysuitable gearing 23 with the shaft '4, and having within its recessedface ortion the knife block carrier 31 and xed knife block 35; and thetucking tool 26 and movable knife or cutter 37, mounted respectively in-carriers 25 and 29, actuated by suitable cennections with the drivinall may be-and-preferabl-y are s'u stantiall-y asshown in my priorapplication he'reinbefore referred to, except '-1n.certain particulars,as will hereinafter appear.

The work .ositioning and guiding devices preferab y comprise an innermember shaft 11,

52, located adjacent the consolidating wheel 21, as shown, and which maybe provided with a rearwardly extending arm or bracket 53 suitablyvsecured to the machine frame 2;

member 54 secured in fixed position adjacent the tucking and cuttingtools at the forward side of the latter.

The outer positioning and guiding mem- -and an outer 1 g e ag%t fli*"o'le. fter reinyiing the toe the operator if ented from t-tiiniiigthework too far, he! 1) at the tools t'e i un inwardly and preferably enterthe channel of the inhe bottom of the sole, by cont ct 0t 7 e we is i reedrtiwit. 'lpwardtly ex one 'He of-the lip with the algh tending hank 57l'ecei d $32? liti m(iigmfiqthennimer 52. aperture in an arm 01',bi'ket" 58; s eculfec l de of the .In passing to the opposite si to or frmed integral A .59 i1 be construction hereinffllust is formed with aslightly outwarzd l. ijl inner face 55 and Witha down dly rojecting toe56 adapted to bear o'n them 0 d, W11 ,4 pain,v i

the v I d 7 i "at t'l'ietifne ftaklng the ve l eiwqtle e ng-at to canse-theTeut cer to propei ypesi 'e In -p (j 15 preferabl tonnedstraight pertion 64- andgvith. a (301W "he '9' i1 in 50 re ceii e be I J V i i I 3f p fi j here y I it slide WOl'k I T part' 'ofthe so and around 1a e remnding-the by (m n a gaging theend of the tucking l: 26, said nts tuckingtool being longitndinally\lr novnble 65 ment w1th-the 1nner side of thelip, preve "many changes-might be ma -in suitable guideways formed inthe arms I order, hgwever, to provide for better action of the parts, Ihave, in the present construction, provided a separate fulcrum for thelever 27, the, same being furnished by a suitable shaft or pin 73, outof alinement with the pin 24 and preferably located above the latter, asshown in Fig. 1..

\Vhile I, in order that my invention may be readily understood, haveshown and described the same as embodied in a particular constructionand as applied to a machine of a certain type, I wish it'to beunderstood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown,it bein obvious that de therein and that many features thereof might beused to equal advantage in other types of machines without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention, and that the iide 52'mightact along the edge of the so e, the general contour of the guide andsole being so far complementary as to secure the guiding efiectdescribedr IVhat is claimed is 1. In an insole reinforcing machine, thecombination with tucking and trimming tools and means to feed successiveportions of an insole to said tools, of means, other than said feedingmeans, engaging the lip of said insole for controlling the direction ofmovement of the same in its passage to said toolsz. c

2. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with tucking andtrimming tools and means to feed successive portions of an insole tosaid tools, of stationary means constructed and arranged to engage thelip of said insole for controlling the direction of movement thereof inits passage to said tools.

In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism forapplying reinforcing material and means to feed successive portions ofan insole to said mechanism, of means independent of said mechanism andconstructed and arranged to engage the lip of. said insole forcontrolling the direction of movement thereof in its passage to saidmechanism. a

4'. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism forapplying reinforcing material to an insole and for trimming the same, ofguiding devices, and

means for holding said guiding devices in fixed position independent ofsaid mechanism, for engaging and maintaining said reinforcing materialin proper position for the operation of said mechanism thereon.

In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism forapplying reinforcing material and means to feed successive portions ofan insole to said mech-' anism, of devices for holding'the reinforcin gmaterial in proper position for the operation of said mechanism thereonand for guidingthe insole in its passage to said mechanism.

6. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism forapplying reinforcing material 1nd means to feed the work. of means,located in advance of said mechanism in the direction of feed, to guidethe reinforcing materiad into proper position for the operation of saidmechanism thereon.

7. In an insole reinforcing machine, the' combination with mechanism forapplying the reinforcing material, of a work support, an-upper feedwheel arranged to engage the upper surface of a sole on said worksupport,

and means for preventing the reinforcing material from. passing beneathsaid feed 'wheel.

8. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with mechanism forapplying reinforcing material and means for feeding successive portionsof an insole to said mechanism, of devices other than said feedingmeans, constructed to engage. the channel lip and reinforcing materialat opposite sides, for guidin said insole in its passage through themachine and pre en ing the reinforcing material to said mechanism.

9. In an insole reinforcing machine. the

' combination with a tucking tool'. a trimming tool constructed andarranged to trim the reinforcing material substantially flush with theupturned edge of the channel lip, and means to feed the'work, ofstationary work guiding means having provisions for turning saidreinforcing material into an upright position relative to the. insole inadvance of said tucking and trimmingtools for the operation of saidtools thereon.

10. In an insole reinforcing machine, the

tools and means to feed the work to said tools, of a fixed guide havinga curved surface shaped substantially to contact with the shank portionof an insole.

11. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with tucking andtrimming tools and means to feed the. work to said tools, of a fixedguide having an extended bearing-surface adapted to engage an insole tocontrol the direction of feed thereof.

12. In an insole reinforcing machine, the combination with tucking andtrimming tools and means to feed the work to said combination withtucking and trimming.

side the hafineliip, aidguldes having I A 1211C oombm'atitm "withmechanism for applying r einforcing, material and means to feed suc-f ofsaidfeedin'g means;

16. In an insole'remforcing ma'hin'e the reinforcing maiteri a1 andmeans to fe'ed"suc- 17, 111 an insol i-e'inforciilgmachifiejth'combination withmechanism for applyiflg reinforcingmaterial andmeans'l'to feed suc-F cessive portions'of an insole-t0 saidv mechan-j'isim of means I to guide thdinsole 66' said mechanism' -find place the'reinforcing mamria] into thdcha'miel bf said ir'ls'o l infad- "W'ime'ss. 1 X

M. EVANs,

' THOMAS l QAR'IYHURQRO

